Electoral wardE05010825
West ward, City of Peterborough
West is one of 22 electoral wards of Peterborough City Council (East of England). At the 2021 Census it had 5,644 residents in 2,290 households — 1,568 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Peterborough constituency.
Residents, 20215,644council ward average 9,803
Households2,2902.46 residents per household
Density1,568/ km²about 3.60 km² · City of Peterborough 628
Aged 65+24.2%City of Peterborough: 14.2% · under 16: 19.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 252
5–96.1% · 346
10–158.4% · 472
16–194.1% · 232
20–244.1% · 229
25–3410.9% · 614
35–4918.6% · 1,050
50–6419.1% · 1,080
65–7413.1% · 739
75–848.3% · 467
85+2.9% · 162
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 422
1 car or van43.6% · 999
2 cars or vans28.7% · 657
3 or more9.2% · 211
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; City of Peterborough overall: 55.5% owned, 18.6% social rented, 24.4% private rented.
Owned outright40.4% · 926
With mortgage25.1% · 574
Shared ownership0.1% · 2
Social rented19.1% · 438
Private rented15.2% · 347
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house53.0% · 1,214
Semi-detached house12.3% · 281
Terraced house21.7% · 497
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 286
Converted house0.5% · 11
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05010825- Council
- Peterborough City Council
- Constituency
- Peterborough
- Region
- East of England
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 22
Parishes in the ward
Bretton
Other wards in the same constituency
BBretton15.3% aged 65+ · 46.6% owned10,476CCentral9.6% aged 65+ · 34.6% owned14,111DDogsthorpe11.7% aged 65+ · 43.5% owned11,085EEast11.0% aged 65+ · 42.5% owned12,097EEye, Thorney and Newborough19.3% aged 65+ · 69.9% owned10,170GGunthorpe20.5% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned9,405NNorth10.3% aged 65+ · 42.4% owned11,786PPark10.9% aged 65+ · 55.4% owned11,503PPaston and Walton14.6% aged 65+ · 50.3% owned11,088RRavensthorpe12.7% aged 65+ · 49.7% owned12,417WWerrington21.7% aged 65+ · 67.8% owned9,887
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.